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How to

How to Get Google+ Invitations

June 29, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Google announced Google+ project which aims to fix relationship with friends and relatives online through real-life sharing. With Google+ you can group your friends, … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Google
Google Chrome

Chrome 63+: How to disable WebGL

May 11, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Security researchers identified serious vulnerability in WebGL -which is turned on by default for Firefox and Chrome browsers – allows attackers to run malicious code … [Read more…]

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, WebGL
How to

How to Uninstall IE10 Platform Preview from Your Computer

April 13, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Yesterday Microsoft announced first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 at MIX if you’ve installed IE10 platform preview in your Computer you should know … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: IE10, IE10 platform preview, IE9, uninstall, uninstall IE10 platform preview
Firefox

How to Remove Orange Firefox (4) Button

March 30, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Do you like Firefox 4? If you upgraded from Firefox 3.6.x to Firefox 4 one element you may not like in Firefox UI is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Firefox 4, Orange Firefox button, remove
Tips and Tricks

Disable or Turn off Windows Error Recovery Screen on Startup in Windows 7

March 29, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Whenever the Power goes off, since Your Computer wasn’t shut down properly, hence the Windows Error Recovery screen appears when you start your PC next … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, screen, startup, turn off, Windows 7, Windows Error Recovery
Tips and Tricks

What is IEMonitor.exe? How to disable it from Running in the Task Manager

March 25, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Still a lot of people use the browser’s built-in downloader to download files from the internet, on the other hand, Free Download Manager and Internet … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting Tagged: disable, disable IEMonitor.exe, IDM, IEMonitor.exe, process, Task Manager
Tips and Tricks

Avast Antivirus Monitor Gadget

February 8, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Much similar to AVG 2011 desktop Gadget for Windows 7  which allows quick access to its user interface, Avast 6 also installs Avast Antivirus … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: Avast, Avast 6, Avast 6 Free, Avast Antivirus Monitor Gadger, Avast Gadget
Firefox

Turn off or Disable Avast’s WebRep Safety Ratings for Websites and Search Results

February 5, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

We’ve covered about Avast WebRep module which shows safety ratings for websites and search results in Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. WebRep installs as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Avast, Avast 6, Avast WebRep, disable, turn off
Tips and Tricks

How to Block Websites using Avast 6 Free Antivirus

January 31, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

As we covered Avast 6 Free antivirus beta has been released, can’t wait more installed it and here about the Site Blocking feature that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: antivirus, Avast, Avast 6, block, Site Blocking, Web Shield, websites
Tips and Tricks

Panorama Shortcut Changed Yet Again, It is Ctrl+Shift+E Now

January 23, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you are using nightly builds of Firefox 4 you may came to know that Panorama shortcut Ctrl +E found not working, there you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks Tagged: Firefox 4, Firefox Panorama, Firefox Panorama keyboard shortcut, keyboard shortcut, Panorama, Shortcut
Firefox

How to enable or disable WebGL in Firefox in 2022

December 23, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Mozilla has released Firefox 4 Beta 8 with WebGL activated by default. WebGL brings 3D graphics to Firefox 4 opening the door for developers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, Firefox 4, WebGL
Firefox

Enable WebSockets in Firefox 4

December 14, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Due to security issues in WebSockets protocol, Firefox and Opera turned off support for WebSockets for their next releases Firefox 4 and Opera 11.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Beta, enable, Firefox 4, WebSockets
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